Yolanda-Monique: Tutorial

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

$20 Drugstore Brand Makeup tutorial & Review: Wet n Wild Edition

Wet-n-Wild Cosmetics is one of my favorite brands in the drugstore that offer great pigmentation and a great price. I love their eye shadows, lipsticks and nail polish, so doing a look with this brand was a no brainer. Wet n Wild has two collections, the first is the Fergie Centerstage and the second is the color Icons collection. The color Icon collection price ranges from $1.99 to $4.99 while the Fergie centerstage collection ranges from $2.99 to $8.99. Like all makeup brands there are some deal and some dudes.

This bold, simple and sexy blue eye and full face tutorial was easy to do using only Wet n Wild products for $20.07. I didn’t use any of their foundations because they currently don’t make shades that go deep enough for me to use, so I used my everyday foundation which is Cover girl Queen 3-in-1 foundation who’s price was not included in the calculation. I hope you enjoy this look because I had so much fun creating it

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PRODUCTS USED

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FACE:

▪ Cover Girl Queen --Q8040 Almond Glow (not included in price)

▪ Bikini Contest Bronzer -#740 . . . . . . . $3

▪ Fergie Shimmer Palette: Rose Champagne Glow #A045 . . . . . . . $5

▪ Mellow Wine Blush . . . . . . . $3

EYES:

▪ Blue Had Me at Hello- #737 . . . . . . . $4

▪ Brow & Eyeliner Pencil #652 Dark Brown . . . . . . . $0.69

▪ MegaProtein Mascara #C137 Black . . . . . . . $3

▪ Eye Shadow Primer = #CA027 For my Primas (not included in price) *Bonus*

NAILS & LIPS:

▪ Silk Shine Lipstick #549A Java . . . . . . . $0.69

▪ Wild Shine Nail Color -- Bijou Blue . . . . . . . $0.69

============= Grand Total ============

$20.07

That's right I am only $0.07 over budget. Not bad.

Photos of Products Used

Wild Shine Nail Polish - Bijou Blue

Fergie Shimmer Palette: Rose Champagne Glow

Color Icon Bikini Contest Bronzer

Color Icon mellow Wine Blush

Silk Shine Lipstick - Java #549A

Brow & Eyeliner Pencil - Dark Brown

Megaprotein mascara

Ciao Bella,

Yolanda-Monique

Monday, July 15, 2013

$20 Drugstore Brand Challenge: Cover Girl

A friend of mine asked if I could help her pick out some makeup from the drugstore but she only had $20. The catch was to do it on one brand. So I did the look and will be creating a series of $20 drug store brands.

I have very limited experience with this brand considering my only prior experience was with their Cover Girl Queen foundation, which I love and it has now become my everyday foundation. I have to say that several products surprised me. I love the Fairytale eye shadow because it is pigmented and creamy. The Cover Girl lipstick Divine was a pleasant shock. I love the color and the texture. Next likes, and thumbs up from this collection are their nail polish and mascara. The blush is good but not something to go crazy over. However, I am not a big fan of the eyeliner. It was crazy smooth when I switched it on my hand but when I put it on my eye lid it was not so smooth and the color payoff was fair.

For the challenge I used two coupons, funny how my love for make-up is slowly making me a coupon clipper. I found a coupon from the Sunday paper and one from my Style magazine. The style magazine coupon was $4 off the purchase of 2 products and the one from the Sunday paper was $2 off one product. When combined with Walgreens BOGO I came $1.72 over budge (not including the foundation, I already had that). Video below shows how I combined the products to achieve the look.

Fairytale Eyeshadow

Swatches of eyeshadow

From Left to Right: eyeliner, Divine lipstick & true plum blush swatches

4th of July Look # 2

I wanted to celebrate Independence day so I came up with to looks. Below is the tutorial to have I achieved this look. I hope you enjoy, it is my first holiday inspired tutorial and posting.